{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":648845,"song":"Gentle On My Mind","artist":"John Hartford","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11577074-gentle-on-my-mind-chords-by-john-hartford/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/648845?type=chord","rating":4.95573,"votes":149,"content":"The following is Gentle on My Mind, performed by Glen Campbell:\r\n\r\nYou really need a banjo to make this happen, but the progression seems to work well.\r\n\r\nThe “F” chord does not use the B note on the D string\r\n\r\nThe Em+C uses the C note on the B string.\r\n\r\nSorry I did not use the template...I'm not very skilled.\r\n\r\nMy thanks to Rod for working over the phone to figure this out.\r\n\r\nFrank\r\n\r\n\r\nC Em+C Am\r\nIt's knowing that your door is always open\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand your path is free to walk[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\nThat makes me tend to leave my[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsleepin' bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C \r\nAnd it's knowin' I'm not shackled by\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nforgotten words and bonds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the ink stains that have dried upon some line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat keeps you ever gentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C Am\r\nIt's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy planted\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\non their columns now that bind me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr somethin' that somebody said because they thought[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe fit together walkin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C Am\r\nIt's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I walk along some railroad track and find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat you're movin' on the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd for hours you're just gentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C\r\nThough the wheat fields and the clotheslines\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the junkyards and the highways come between us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd some other woman's crying to her mother[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncause she turned and I was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C Am\r\nI still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the rivers flowing gentle on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C \r\nI dip my cup of soup back from\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\na gurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some train yard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nMy beard a roughnin' coal pile and a dirty hat [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\npulled low across my face[/tab]\r\n\r\n C Em+C\r\nThrough cupped hands round a tin can\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI pretend to hold you to my breast and find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat you're wavin' from the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Em+C [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEver smilin', ever gentle on my mind[/tab]","plain_text":"The following is Gentle on My Mind, performed by Glen Campbell:\n\nYou really need a banjo to make this happen, but the progression seems to work well.\n\nThe “F” chord does not use the B note on the D string\n\nThe Em+C uses the C note on the B string.\n\nSorry I did not use the template...I'm not very skilled.\n\nMy thanks to Rod for working over the phone to figure this out.\n\nFrank\n\n\nC Em+C Am\nIt's knowing that your door is always open\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n C Em+C \nAnd it's knowin' I'm not shackled by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C Am\nIt's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy planted\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C Am\nIt's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C\nThough the wheat fields and the clotheslines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C Am\nI still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C \nI dip my cup of soup back from\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C Em+C\nThrough cupped hands round a tin can","chords":["F","B","D","Em","C","Am","Dm","Faug","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}